Other Uses
Through much of its history, Crosley Field was used for other events besides Cincinnati Reds baseball games.
The Negro Leagues' Cincinnati Tigers in 1936 and 1937 called Crosley home.
The original 1937 Cincinnati Bengals football team played home games there.
During World War I, the city's police force staged a review at Redland Field on October 17, 1917.
On August 21, 1966, Crosley Field hosted The Beatles, who were in the midst of their final American and Canadian tour. The concert had been scheduled for the previous day, but was rained out.
On June 13, 1970, Crosley Field hosted The Cincinnati Pop Festival. The band lineup included: The Stooges, Mountain, Grand Funk Railroad, Alice Cooper, Traffic, Mighty Quick, Bob Seger, Mott The Hoople, Ten Years After, Bloodrock, Savage Grace, Brownsville Station, Zephyr, Damnation Of Adam Blessing, and John Drakes Shakedown.
Other events held there included a Roy Rogers rodeo, a political rally for Wendell Wilkie, and even an Ice Capades show.
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